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Death toll in shooting at Thai school rises to eight after 12-year-old dies

Health ministry figures reported by multiple outlets put the toll at eight killed and 14 injured after Friday's shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. ET
A 12-year-old schoolgirl died of critical wounds on after being hospitalized, raising the number of people killed in the shooting at to , with injured. The death was reported by Thailand's Health Ministry, according to WRAL, WWAY, the Welwyn Hatfield Times, the Hampshire Chronicle, the Keighley News, the Kidderminster Shuttle and the Runcorn and Widnes World; WRAL and WWAY attributed the hospitalization figures to "Thailand's Health Ministry" and the Runcorn and Widnes World attributed the account of the girl's death to the "Thai health ministry." Several of the outlets reported that most of those injured were between 12 and years old. Officials have not released the identities of those killed. The figures reflect the position as of and may be revised. The outlets placed the school in ; the Kidderminster Shuttle located it in , without placing it relative to Bangkok. Pupils were at the school for a school day. WRAL and WWAY described Debsirin Nonthaburi as a co-educational state school with about 3,000 students enrolled, aged 12 to 18; the Welwyn Hatfield Times and the Keighley News described it as a high school in the province, outside Bangkok. The Associated Press reported that a 14-year-old opened fire at the school at around 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, a time the Hampshire Chronicle and other outlets gave as around 10am local time, 4am BST. Officials said the 14-year-old appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier that morning, and that he . No motive has been established and the account of events remains incomplete. On the school's response, the accounts differ only in who is named as announcing it. WRAL, WWAY, the Kidderminster Shuttle, the Runcorn and Widnes World and the Hampshire Chronicle reported that said all classes would be suspended between Aug. 10 and and that staff were instructed to work from home during that time; the Welwyn Hatfield Times and the Keighley News reported the same suspension and instruction as coming from "the school" without naming it. Thailand's Health Ministry, Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Medicine and police are among the agencies involved in the response. If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day: call or text 988.

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Revision history

  1. Version 510 Aug 2026, 06:13current

    Restructured to lead with the victims, added WWAY to the attribution of the casualty and school-response figures, and condensed the story to five paragraphs.

  2. Version 410 Aug 2026, 00:20

    Rephrased every reference to Saturday so the day can never be read as the subject of a verb of speech: the dek now reads "said the girl had died of critical wounds on Saturday," and the body sentence now names Thailand's Health Ministry as the explicit subject before the date. Added an explicit sentence naming both attributions found in the sources for the casualty figures (WRAL's "Thailand's Health Ministry" and the Runcorn and Widnes World's "Thai health ministry") without choosing between them. Restructured the school-closure paragraph to name which outlets attributed the announcement to Debsirin Nonthaburi School and which to "the school," keeping the Aug. 10-14 dates exactly as given. Location disagreement, casualty figures, timeline, suspect status and the crisis-line note are unchanged.

  3. Version 310 Aug 2026, 00:14

    Added that most of those injured were aged 12 to 14 per three outlets, noted the differing location wording, and named police among responding agencies.

  4. Version 29 Aug 2026, 06:19

    Leads on the 12-year-old's death raising the toll to eight; adds Welwyn Hatfield Times attribution, the local/BST time of the shooting, and both sources' differing descriptions of the school.

  5. Version 19 Aug 2026, 05:32

    First published.

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